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The Purpose and Functions of Taxes in the Roman Empire
Explain how census records, direct land taxes (tributum soli), poll taxes, and customs duties funded the imperial bureaucracy, military wages, and public works.
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The Roman Empire: Expansion, Pax Romana, and Disintegration
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Trace the transition from Republic to Empire, the mechanisms of imperial governance and prosperity, and the internal and external causes of Rome's eventual decline.
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